{"id":19118,"date":"2008-10-06T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/five-star-lauren-perdue-announces-college-pledge\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:09:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T05:09:52","slug":"five-star-lauren-perdue-announces-college-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/five-star-lauren-perdue-announces-college-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Star Lauren Perdue Announces College Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREENVILLE, North Carolina, October 6. <i>SWIMMING World<\/i> five-star sprint free prospect <a href=http:\/\/www.takeyourmarks.com\/swm661?id=5943 target=_blank>Lauren Perdue<\/a> pledged her services for the next four years over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Perdue committed to spend her college career at the University of Virginia, giving the Cavaliers a solid freestyle swimmer starting next season.  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